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The Legendary... Backbending Bench by Yoga Props® Effective, Beautiful and Durable! Extends spine; stretches & tones abdominal organs & muscles; stimulates kidney circulation; relieves menstrual cramps & back pain; counteracts scoliosis & humpback; stretches shoulders & chest. We received this email on July 20, 2004: "Hello, The Backbender is fantastic! I have nothing but good things to say about it. The order was filled quickly. It is a beautiful piece that I am happy to have as furniture in my home. The finish is amazingly smooth. And having the Backbender is such a life saver for me: I have a new baby and have not figured out how to do a full yoga practice since he was born, and the Backbender is amazingly effective to use in my shorter practice (and particularly in counteracting my nursing mother thoracic stoop!). Thank you for making such a great product!" Shawna Our Backbender is a beautiful, expertly crafted bench that facilitates a huge variety of poses and stretches. Click on the links below to see how you can use the Backbending Bench to: relieve back pain, stretch chest and shoulder muscles, stretch pelvic and abdominal organs and muscles, practice backbends, practice forward bends, relieve stress and hypertension, do shoulderstand with no neck strain, counteract humpback, counterbalance a scoliosis, and teach mixed level classes. Only the Yoga Props® Backbending Bench features beautiful wood joinery, fully rounded edges for your gripping and sliding comfort, solid hardwood construction throughout and natural plant-based protective finishes. A marvel of beauty, functionality and durability! A treasure for your family estate! A conversation-starter for your living room social gatherings! An answer to all of your problems�?   This pose opens her spinal joints in traction & stretches her back-muscles. Relieving Back Pain The Backbending Bench helps relieve back pain by providing a unique combination of spinal traction and back-muscle stretch. When you lie on your belly, the Backbender supports your body in a soft arc that spreads the joints between your vertebrae into gentle traction. This relieves pain caused by pressure on the discs and nerves between your vertebrae. Squeezing her elbows together intensifies the stretch between her shoulder blades. Stretching Chest and Shoulders Many people suffer from chronically tense shoulder and chest muscles. Shoulder and chest tension causes headaches, shallow breathing, muscle pain and stiffness, mental stress, general discomfort and grouchiness. Our Backbending Bench helps relieve such tension by acting as a fulcrum over which you can expand your rib cage and extend your shoulder joints. When you recline on the Backbender and reach your arms over your head, the Backbender presses your upper spine toward the center of your body, thereby stretching your chest muscles and intensifying the extension of your shoulder joints. Nothing penetrates and dissolves shoulder and chest tension like these poses! Grasping the short pole keeps her hands from separating as they drop toward the floor, thus intensifying the shoulder stretch. The 10 lb. Sandbag helps her stretch even farther. Bending her elbows and bracing her forearms against the wall carries the stretch deep into her shoulder muscles. Add Finished Backbending Bench to basket now. ($895) Add Backbending Bench Kit to basket now. ($695) The Backbending Bench functions as a slantboard, supporting her pelvic and abdominal organs in gentle inversion. Stretching Pelvic and Abdominal Organs Yoga is unique among exercise systems in its capacity to tone and stretch organs as well as muscles. By stretching, pressing, inverting, twisting and massaging, yoga poses promote blood circulation that nourishes and cleanses your organs, while toning the muscles that line organ walls. Better nourishment, more efficient cleansing and regular toning add up to increased vitality and healthful aging. Our Backbending Bench supports you in poses that stretch, press and invert your pelvic and abdominal organs. When you lie with your back on the Backbender's main hump, the Bench supports your body in a gentle arc that stretches all of the organs on the front of your body. When you lie with your hips over the Backbender's main hump and your head toward the Backbender's foot piece, the Bench functions as a slantboard, supporting you in a position that inverts your pelvic and abdominal organs. The stretch tones and increases circulation to your organ walls, while the inversion counteracts the effects of gravity's continuous distorting tug. Backbending You can do two kinds of backbends on the Backbending Bench: Passive and Active. Passive backbends (below) enable you to relax completely while stretching your chest, shoulders, and abdominal organs, stimulating kidney circulation and mobilizing all of your vertebrae (thereby making this position the most industrious relaxation you've probably ever undertaken). Requiring no exertion, passive backbends restore energy if you're depleted, and are the perfect fitness activity when you lack energy for more vigorous exercise. These photos show examples of passive backbends. Active backbends (left) are vigorous poses. They require muscular effort and create more intense versions of the passive backbending stretches. These more demanding poses also develop muscle strength and tone. Forward Bends The Backbender helps stretch your hamstrings safely and effectively. Its rungs function as hand grips so you can use your arms to help extend your spine. They also act as foot rests that extend your heels beyond the balls of your feet, drawing the stretch into your calves. The Backbending Bench helps you practice both one- and two-legged (but not three- or four-legged) seated forward bends. The Backbender's rungs provide a handgrip that  helps her extend her spine as she stretches her hamstrings in  forward bends. The Breathing Bolster enlarges the Backbender's profile -- a refinement especially helpful for tall people. The Bolster also softens the Backbender's feel. Relieve Stress and Hypertension Stress and hypertension lock our muscles and joints into patterns that prevent us from relaxing and enjoying our bodies' full ranges of motion. The Backbending Bench helps relieve stress and hypertension by supporting poses that stretch habitually cramped muscles. When your nervous system feels supported, you begin to relax deeply and thoroughly. Good thing the Bench is a bit hard�otherwise you might stay there all day. Add Finished Backbending Bench to basket now. ($895) Add Backbending Bench to basket now. ($695) The Backbender eases neck strain in Shoulderstand, Shoulderstand variations & Plow because her neck slants downhill. Shoulderstand and Plow When you practice Shoulderstand or Plow on a Backbender, you can stand on the tops of your shoulders without flexing your neck 90 degrees. Instead, your neck slopes downhill, allowing your chin to move away from your chest. Doing Plow and Shoulderstand this way prevents the neck pain many people feel in these poses, while providing the freedom to do Shoulderstand variations with your legs. Indeed, you can even dance. Counteract Humpback When you recline with the Backbender's main curve under your upper spine, the Bench presses your vertebrae toward the center of your body. This position reverses the chronic humpback profile, providing regular sustained periods during which your chest and abdominal organs can function free of their chronic constrictions. This position counteracts scoliosis to the left. Counterbalancing Scoliosis Scoliosis is a permanent sideways curvature of the spine that affects some people very severely. Picture it by imagining bending to the left all the time. The muscles and organs on the right side of your spine and torso overstretch while those on the left compress. The Backbending Bench helps manage scoliosis by supporting your spine in a curve opposite its usual. This can ease pain and tension that accompany scoliosis, help tone chronically overstretched or cramped organs and muscles, and keep the scoliosis from worsening. This position stretches her hamstrings while supporting her spine. It also relieves pain caused by varicose veins. Teaching with the Backbender The Backbender helps teachers teach backbends, since it provides an option for students who can't do backbends without support. With a Bench in your studio, you can satisfy the needs of all students in your mixed-level classes. As you can see from the photo, the Backbender is also useful to menstruating women while you teach inverted poses. Add Finished Backbending Bench to basket now. ($895) Add Backbending Bench Kit to basket now. ($695) More feedback from our customers: Hi. I found some Bio Shield Herbal Finishing Oil and oiled up my Backbender Kit. It turned out beautifully. The label on the bottle said the oil was appropriate for surfaces on which food is prepared, and that gave me some new ideas about how to use the Backbender. I always wanted a mahogany table! M.S. Buying a Backbending Bench Backbenders are available as Kits or fully Assembled and Finished. Assembled and Finished Benches are expertly assembled and sanded, then beautifully finished by us with a natural plant-based protective polish. Slide it out of the box and enjoy! Kits include assembly directions and all finishing materials. Tho some pre-sanding is recommended, you can assemble a Kit within an hour, then take your time sanding and polishing. No prior woodworking experience or special tools are required. However, we have finished more than 900, use power sanders, and don't have to stop to read the directions, and we still spend approximately 12 hours finishing each Backbending Bench. Both Finished Backbenders and Kits are made of solid mahogany. The clearly illustrated Backbending Bench Usage Guide (24 pp.) is included with your purchase. It explains how to ease back pain, do shoulder and chest stretches, groin, pelvic and abdominal stretches, Shoulderstand and Plow, forward bends, passive and active backbends, and manage scoliosis. Add Finished Backbending Bench to basket now. ($895 ) Add Backbending Bench Kit to basket now. ($695) Because each piece is hand-crafted, this item is sometimes backordered. A non-refundable 50% deposit will be charged upon order, balance charged when we ship. The Backbending Bench is oversized; we will contact you with the exact shipping price. You can speak about our yoga equipment with a REAL LIVE knowledgeable and friendly person if you phone TOLL FREE 888/856-9642 between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time, Monday through Friday. Or email service@YogaProps.NET Kay & Ruth, Co-Owners of Yoga Props® �We practice and teach yoga, care about our customers, and understand our products. Please call or write to us with your questions about yoga equipment." Serving the yoga community since 1979! Still More Feedback From Customers: I am glad that I trusted in the recommendation of a yoga professional and bought from Yoga Props. Thank you!!! G.B. We will happily &  promptly answer your questions about our Backbending Bench or other yoga equipment. Phone toll free 888/856-9642 or email service@YogaProps.NET . We wish you good health, happy stretching and deep peace. Add Finished Backbending Bench to basket now. ($895) Add Backbending Bench Kit to basket now. ($695)
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Not a dinosaur, not a giraffe...it's a Heartblock by Yoga Props® Effective, Gorgeous and Durable! Stretches chest; extends upper spine; counteracts humpback; deepens breathing; relieves menstrual cramps, constipation; stimulates kidney function. The Heartblock fits between your shoulderblades, so it functions as a fulcrum. The right side of your chest falls toward the floor on the right; the left side of your chest falls toward the floor on the left.  Your chest opens wide from side to side. Our Heartblock and Heartbench have the same profile. But the Heartblock creates a more intense stretch than the Heartbench because it opens your chest in two directions. The Heartblock is a fulcrum over which your ribcage and shoulders can open. By pressing your upper spine into the center of your body, the Heartblock stretches your chest lengthwise, from neck to navel. Since the Heartblock is less than 4" wide, it fits between your shoulder blades, so your chest also opens from side to side. These chest stretches will deepen your breathing, soothe stress, cultivate lung tissue elasticity, optimize metabolism, develop spinal flexibility and counteract humpback (but probably won't ensure eternal life). The Heartblock also stretches, tones and nourishes your abdominal organs, relieves menstrual cramps and constipation, and stimulates kidney circulation, just like the Heartbench. We round all of the edges and sand it smooth so it is a pleasure to touch and behold. We make a High Heartblock and a Low Heartblock. We recommend that you order the Low Heartblock, unless your spine is very flexible. Please call TOLL FREE 888/856-9642 if you want to talk with us about which is best for you. Each Heartblock costs $250. Both the High and Low Heartblocks are made of solid mahogany and include the Heartblock Usage Guide,  that explains how to use and care for the Heartblock. Add Low Heartblock to basket now.   Add High Heartblock to basket now. Because each piece is hand-crafted, this item is sometimes backordered and must be built for your order. A non-refundable 50% deposit will be charged upon order, balance charged when we ship. The backbending bench is oversized; we will contact you with the exact shipping price. You can speak about our yoga equipment with a REAL LIVE knowledgeable and friendly person if you phone TOLL FREE 888/856-9642 between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time, Monday through Friday. Or email service@YogaProps.NET Kay & Ruth, Co-Owners of Yoga Props® “We practice and teach yoga, care about our customers, and understand our products. Please call or write to us with your questions about yoga equipment." Serving the yoga community since 1979! Still More Feedback From Customers: I am glad that I trusted in the recommendation of a yoga professional and bought from Yoga Props. Thank you !!! G.B. We will happily &  promptly answer your questions about our Heartblock or other yoga equipment. Phone toll free 888/856-9642 or email service@YogaProps.NET . We wish you good health, happy stretching and deep peace
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Increasing spinal flexibility can be a pleasure! Heartbench by Yoga Props® Effective, Gorgeous and Simple! Stretches chest; extends upper spine; counteracts humpback; deepens breathing; relieves menstrual cramps, constipation; stimulates kidney circulation. The Heartbench  relieves chest tightness and counteracts humpback by pressing the vertebrae of your upper spine toward the center of your body. When you lie on the Heartbench, your chest expands, your breathing deepens and your spine extends. It is a superb support for deep breathing, stress reduction and relaxation. This pose stretches her inner thighs  & creates a lateral stretch of her abdominal organs as the Heartbench extends her upper spine. This position increases blood flow around her thyroid gland and  helps to relieve constipation. This position stretches the muscles on the fronts of her thighs as the Heartbench stretches her chest. You can recline with your hips on the floor, or you can invert on the Heartbench. When you invert -- with your shoulders on the floor and your hips on the bench -- the most intense stretch occurs in your chest. When you lie with your hips on the floor and your shoulders on the bench, the most intense stretch occurs in your abdomen. Stretching your abdominal organs will tone and nourish them through better blood circulation.  Abdominal stretching is also an excellent way to relieve menstrual cramps, constipation and abdominal tension. You can place your legs in many different positions. Each pose stretches different abdominal organs, hip muscles and leg muscles. By applying gentle pressure to your kidneys, the Heartbench stimulates the function of these vital cleansing organs. We construct our Heartbench with pocket dovetails for stability and beauty (see photo above). We round round all edges, sand all surfaces and polish the Heartbench so it looks beautiful and feels great! Heartbenches are available as Kits or Pre-Assembled and Finished. Kit ($195): When you by a Kit, you receive assembly directions and all materials we would use to complete it. You can assemble your Kit within an hour, then take 2 - 5 hours sanding and polishing it. Neither special tools nor prior woodworking experience is necessary. Assembled and Finished Heartbenches ($295): Finished Heartbenches are completely sanded and beautifully finished with a natural, plant-based protective polish. Both the Kit and the Pre-Assembled and Finished Heartbench are made of solid mahogany and include the Heartbench Usage Guide,  that explains how to use and care for the Heartbench. The Heartbench and Heartblock have the same profile. Because the Heartblock fits between your shoulderblades, your chest opens from side to side as well as from neck to navel. Add Heartbench Kit to basket now. Add Finished Heartbench to basket now. Because each piece is hand-crafted, this item is sometimes backordered and must be built for your order. A non-refundable 50% deposit will be charged upon order, balance charged when we ship. You can speak about our yoga equipment with a REAL LIVE knowledgeable and friendly person if you phone TOLL FREE 888/856-9642 between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time, Monday through Friday. Or email service@YogaProps.NET Kay & Ruth, Co-Owners of Yoga Props® “We practice and teach yoga, care about our customers, and understand our products. Please call or write to us with your questions about yoga equipment." Serving the yoga community since 1979! Still More Feedback From Customers: I am glad that I trusted in the recommendation of a yoga professional and bought from Yoga Props. Thank you !!! G.B. We will happily &  promptly answer your questions about our Heartbench or other yoga equipment. Phone toll free 888/856-9642 or email service@YogaProps.NET . We wish you good health, happy stretching and deep peace
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Because each piece is hand-crafted, the heartbench and heartbench kit are sometimes backordered and must be built for your order. A non-refundable 50% deposit will be charged upon order, balance charged when we ship.
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No weight on your neck or head! Headstander by Yoga Props® Effective, Gorgeous and Durable! Relieves neck and shoulder tension in Headstand; supports you in the Bridge pose. See the light beneath the crown of her head? It's there because her head is hanging freely -- bearing no weight! Our Headstander fits everyone because it consists of two pieces that you place at the right width for your shoulders. All of her weight passes through her shoulders and hands; none through her head or neck. Note space between the floor and the top of her head. When you use our Headstander, approximately 90% of your weight moves through your shoulders, 10% through your palms, and none through your head or neck. Because your head and neck bear no weight, the Headstander will help if Headstands give you neck or head pain. Ours is the best of all Headstand tools because it's the only one that places your hands at floor level, in a real Headstand position. The Headstander's shoulder pads press your shoulder muscles and shoulder blades toward your hips. This pressure releases chronic tension from the muscles of your neck, shoulders and skull, and can relieve headaches caused by shoulder and neck spasms. If you need help balancing, place the Headstander where your feet can rest against a wall when you're inverted. You can also practice many Headstand variations while using the Headstander. Our Headstander fits everyone because it consists of two unjoined supports that you position at the proper width for your shoulders. (Try to position them as close to your neck as possible, without squishing your ears.) Its soft, firm upholstery supports your shoulders comfortably. The Headstander is crafted of solid mahogany, finely sanded,and finished with a natural plant-based protective polish. The Headstander Usage Guide, included, explains how to position and use the Headstander, learn to balance, and practice variations. The Headstander costs $225. Because each piece is hand-crafted, this item is sometimes backordered and must be built for your order. A non-refundable 50% deposit will be charged upon order, balance charged when we ship. Add Headstander to basket now. Bridge pose on the Headstander stretches her chest muscles, nourishes her thyroid gland, and stretches her abdominal organs and the fronts of her thighs. You can speak about our yoga equipment with a REAL LIVE knowledgeable and friendly person if you phone TOLL FREE 888/856-9642 between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time, Monday through Friday. Or email service@YogaProps.NET Kay & Ruth, Co-Owners of Yoga Props® “We practice and teach yoga, care about our customers, and understand our products. Please call or write to us with your questions about yoga equipment." Serving the yoga community since 1979! Still More Feedback From Customers: I am glad that I trusted in the recommendation of a yoga professional and bought from Yoga Props. Thank you !!! G.B. We will happily &  promptly answer your questions about our Headstander or other yoga practice equipment. Phone toll free 888/856-9642 or email service@YogaProps.NET . We wish you good health, happy stretching and deep peace
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The Legendary... FORWARD BENDER Beautiful and Effective! Stretch hamstrings, calf muscles & achilles tendons! Scroll down and watch the forward bend intensify as she moves the pole into the farther grooves. When you grasp the pole, the Forward Bender helps you extend equally on both the right and left sides. As your hamstrings stretch, you move the pole into the next set of grooves.  (Please note that you will not be able to reach the pole unless you can already reach your feet. The Forward Bender will help already-flexible people stretch way beyond habitual limits.) The Yoga Props® Forward Bender has a slanted footpiece so your heels stretch beyond the balls of your feet. This intensifies the stretch in your calf muscles. You can see the slant in the photo below, left. By extending your torso, our Forward Bender counteracts the tendency to collapse your chest as you bend forward. It can be used in both one- and two-legged forward bends. Helps you stretch your hamstrings! Made of solid mahogay. Beautiful dovetail joints for stability and durability. Finished with a natural plant-based protective resin, unlikely to irritate chemically sensitive people. The Forward Bender Usage Guide, included, explains how to use the and how to adapt it to your unique needs. You can speak about our yoga equipment with a REAL LIVE knowledgeable and friendly person if you phone TOLL FREE 888/856-9642 between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time, Monday through Friday. Or email service@YogaProps.NET
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CALF STRETCHER Beautiful, Effective Affordable! Stretch your hamstrings, calf muscles and achilles tendons! When you stand on a Calf Stretcher, your heels drop several inches below the balls of your feet. This position stretches all of the muscles on the backs of your legs (yes, people really do pay for this!). Stretching these muscles helps relieve many kinds of low back pain and enables you to do deeper forward bends.          Add one to basket. Made of solid mahogany, using beautiful dovetail joinery for stability and durability. Finished with a natural plant-based protective resin, unlikely to irritate chemically sensitive people. The Calf Stretcher Usage Guide, included, explains how to use the Calf Stretcher and how to adapt it to your unique needs.                                 Add one to basket. From a Customer: Hey, i've discovered a dual use for the calf stretcher...my desk is a mess, no area to write on, so what i've begun doing is taking that calf stretcher, sitting cross legged in my chair, placing the calf stretcher on my knees and lap and using it as a portable writing table...i will never be without one of these things again...i already bought one as a gift...the beautiful thing is, if the person i got it for is not motivated quite yet to begin using it to stretch out, they can at least use it as writing table! D.M., Houston You can speak about our yoga equipment with a REAL LIVE knowledgeable and friendly person if you phone TOLL FREE 888/856-9642 between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time, Monday through Friday. Or email service@YogaProps.NET Kay & Ruth, Co-Owners of Yoga Props® “We practice and teach yoga, care about our customers, and understand our products. Please call or write to us with your questions about yoga equipment." Serving the yoga community since 1979! Still More Feedback From Customers: I am glad that I trusted in the recommendation of a yoga professional and bought from Yoga Props. Thank you !!! G.B. We will happily &  promptly answer your questions about our Heartblock or other yoga equipment. Phone toll free 888/856-9642 or email service@YogaProps.NET . We wish you good health, happy stretching and deep peace
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Shoulderstand Bench by Yoga Props® Effective, Beautiful and Durable! Supports you in Shoulderstand; creates inverted traction; relieves low back, neck and shoulder tension. Our Shoulderstand Bench helps you do the Shoulderstand with only 20% of your weight on your neck and shoulders. The Bench lifts your body so that you hang from your thighs, as gravity pulls your spine into traction. As the Shoulderstand Bench lifts you, the back of your head rotates toward your spine, easing strain on your neck muscles. A supported Shoulderstand will ease many kinds of back, neck and shoulder tension as it creates a deep stretch of your spinal, chest neck and shoulder muscles, and rests your abdominal organs from gravity's continual pull. The Shoulderstand Bench comes equipped with height-adjusters that elevate it 2", so it accommadates people of different sizes. One pair of Sandbags anchors her thighs so that she hangs securely in traction; the other pair presses her arms into the Shoulderstand Lift, intensifying the stretch of her shoulder and chest. Our Shoulderstand Bench is built of solid mahogany, and features dovetail joinery that makes it gorgeous and durable. The Bench is carefully sanded, then finished with a natural plant-based protective polish. The Shoulderstand Bench Usage Guide is included. Please note: This Bench works well with our Shoulderstand Lift. $375.  Add Shoulderstand Bench to basket now. Because each piece is hand-crafted, this item is sometimes backordered and must be built for your order. A non-refundable 50% deposit will be charged upon order, balance charged when we ship. You can speak about our yoga equipment with a REAL LIVE knowledgeable and friendly person if you phone TOLL FREE 888/856-9642 between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time, Monday through Friday. Or email service@YogaProps.NET Kay & Ruth, Co-Owners of Yoga Props® "We practice and teach yoga, care about our customers, and understand our products. Please call or write to us with your questions about yoga equipment." Serving the yoga community since 1979! Still More Feedback From Customers: "Everything I have ordered from you has arrived perfectly and are great products. (Your bolsters are wonderful!) I am re-ordering from you and recommending you to my friends. Thanks!" G.B. We will happily &  promptly answer your questions about our Shoulderstand Bench  or other yoga equipment. Phone toll free 888/856-9642 or email service@YogaProps.NET . We wish you good health, happy stretching and deep peace
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Yoga Furniture -- Effective, Durable, Beautiful!
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Enhance your flexibility, enjoy the benefits of supported poses and experience deep peace. We make our yoga funiture in the U.S., using solid wood, and non-toxic glues and finishing oils.